The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has announced a free online Introduction to Web Accessibility Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The…Continue readingW3C WAI launches Introduction to Web Accessibility MOOC
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Microsoft has been steadily working on the development of its new web browser to replace the version of Edge that is currently in Windows 10.…Continue readingMicrosoft adds high contrast to its new Edge web browser
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Amazon has recently started the international rollout of its Show and Tell feature, designed to use the camera in an Echo Show smart display to…Continue readingAmazon adds Show and Tell feature to smart displays for blind users
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Finalists have been announced for the 2019 Australian Access Awards.
The Awards, an initiative of the Centre for Accessibility, are a national
celebration of organisations, designers, developers and content creators…
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Perspective Shift, a new documentary series screening on SBS TV and SBS On Demand, uses groundbreaking approaches to share some rarely-depicted Australian stories. After decades of journalists and TV…
Read full story: New documentary series on SBS is revolutionising the way people with disability are represented in media
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has announced that the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) and the ACT Task Force…Continue readingW3C Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules 1.0 standard released
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The ability to order pizza in the USA remains at the forefront of accessibility discussion as its Supreme Court rejected Domino’s appeal to a case…Continue readingDomino’s Pizza accessibility case stands despite Supreme Court appeal
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The South Australian government has published an online accessibility toolkit that is a finalist in the Australian Human Rights Awards 2019. The resource has been…Continue readingSouth Australian accessibility toolkit nominated for Human Rights Award Toolkit
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Microsoft recently announced at its October Surface Event in New York a number of new products. While the new tablets and laptops were the primary…Continue readingMicrosoft releases Surface Earbuds with live captioning support
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The BBC recently aired an episode of its popular TV show. ‘Would I Lie to You?’ which features blind actor and comedian Chris McCausland. The…Continue readingBBC ‘Would I Lie to yYou?’ features humourus take on disability and technology
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The Centre for Accessibility is a joint project by Media on Mars, DADAA and Dr Scott Hollier and is funded by the Department of Communities, Disability Services.
